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[Caniglia]

Brivs Mekis said:

i find these comments from the remring website a little ludicrous tbh

"Nothing at Dublin even got close to matching that. While songs have grown on me such as Living Well’s the Best Revenge and Horse to Water, and even Superserious to a degree, this is a song that in 20 years can be the next So. Central Rain or Begin the Begin"

From what I heard of the studio version on Q radio, the studio trumps live big time.

[montie]

I am just happy that you can actually hear drums....

[Maybelline Eyes]

Cheers Eric and Remlovegod. Downloading now..i really like this one from what little we've already heard.

[Oddfellow Local 151]

SteUeRunG! said:

It was on Q The Jury. I've posted this in another thread. But here you go:

"You can listen to the show here: http://promo.q4music...cast/jury.shtml
The snippet of Hollow Man is at 21:24 and the snippet of Man-Sized Wreath is at 31:20
I have to listen to the whole Hollow Man to judge it but Man-Sized Wreath sounds fantastic."

I think the studio version will fit very well after SNSS to slow it a bit down just before Houston. I think Hollow Man is catchy and definitely has its place on the album.

Thanks for the link!

[geosee3]

Man Sized Wreath is like a love letter to Mike Mills fans.  Good stuff.

[Brivs Mekis]

geosee3 said:

Man Sized Wreath is like a love letter to Mike Mills fans.  Good stuff.

it sounds good on first listen .... but why is there a kettle boiling in the background when the guitar kicks in? that's an annoying noise

[sweetness2follow]

Fuck me! I thought I was a harsh judge but are some of you for real?

Its not quite Harborcoat but it certainly beats anything on the monumentally disappointing ATS.

And by the way a little birdie tells me the second single is Man Sized Wreath.

[Brivs Mekis]

sweetness2follow said:

Fuck me! I thought I was a harsh judge but are some of you for real?

Its not quite Harborcoat but it certainly beats anything on the monumentally disappointing ATS.

And by the way a little birdie tells me the second single is Man Sized Wreath.

was it the same bird that is squeaking in the background behind the guitars?

lol

[kizmatica]

I think it gets better and better each time you listen to it :)

I think the only problem with the live version is that it sounds like Mike and Michael are competing for the lead vocal during the chorus. I'm sure during the next few shows they will sort it out.

[remring]

Brivs Mekis said:

i find these comments from the remring website a little ludicrous tbh

"Nothing at Dublin even got close to matching that. While songs have grown on me such as Living Well’s the Best Revenge and Horse to Water, and even Superserious to a degree, this is a song that in 20 years can be the next So. Central Rain or Begin the Begin"

In 2028, mark my words

[lotus eater]

Thanks so much for sharing this! I love the song and it makes me crave the album even more! :)

[MurmursAdministrator]

remring said:

In 2028, mark my words

while I know this same thing happened when a 30 second snippet of Leave was released in 1996, and it was a highly compressed real audio file, but people said "it sounds flat, they've lost it. they shoudl just give up.", the judging of an audience recording of a song as a judgement of the song on the record still amuses me.

Hollowman ain't my favorite, but its one of the most sincere and personal and catchy songs they've done in a while.

Sincere without being cheeseball :)

[xanfred24]

ethank said:

while I know this same thing happened when a 30 second snippet of Leave was released in 1996, and it was a highly compressed real audio file, but people said "it sounds flat, they've lost it. they shoudl just give up.", the judging of an audience recording of a song as a judgement of the song on the record still amuses me.

Hollowman ain't my favorite, but its one of the most sincere and personal and catchy songs they've done in a while.

Sincere without being cheeseball :)

this comes through despite the quality of the recording...i hear vitality, excitement, creativity, and passion!

[stipeeyes]

Thanks for the download.  It's a great song.  I love how it starts out slow and kicks off faster.

[MAK]

sounds like the 3th or 4th single!...  just after LWITBR

just waiting to listen for sing for the submarine, and I gotta say that for everything I've heard the album is more complete than around the sun and reveal.

great fast rock short songs.

[dan]

Sounds good too me. Classically R.E.M.

Thanks to all for sharing.

[bertisfan]

I fucking love it, it's wonderful. thanks for sharing.

[Brivs Mekis]

ethank said:

while I know this same thing happened when a 30 second snippet of Leave was released in 1996, and it was a highly compressed real audio file, but people said "it sounds flat, they've lost it. they shoudl just give up.", the judging of an audience recording of a song as a judgement of the song on the record still amuses me.

Hollowman ain't my favorite, but its one of the most sincere and personal and catchy songs they've done in a while.

Sincere without being cheeseball :)

sure ... but it's no fall on me or begin the begin as remring suggests

[isilida 32]

to you maybe it isn't. but to remring it is and one can't discount that or say that it's not true. just because you don't see this song as no fall on me or begin the begin doesn't mean that others can't.

[MurmursAdministrator]

Brivs Mekis said:

sure ... but it's no fall on me or begin the begin as remring suggests

oh, so you've heard the studio version?